Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Sholder
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/sholder
Updated at: 2026-06-02T05:01:30Z

Tagline: Affordable Skilled Relationships for Mental & Emotional Health

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 61511 | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 35 | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 61511 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:01:30Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:01:30Z
- Total investors: 35 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:01:30Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:01:30Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 61511
- total_investors: 35
- team_size: 5
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 4
- recent_post_count: 0

Quick facts:
- 5,500+ lives covered with over $2M in active sales pipeline. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-1
- 150+ people trained and 40+ sholders qualified and available for paid bookings. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-2
- 100% session satisfaction rate and over 89% rebook rate. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-3
- First Investors include 3 founders of $1B+ companies (2 in healthcare), and 50% are women. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-4
- HR advisors incl. former executives at Starbucks, Chipotle, & Kate Spade; HP & Sun Microsystems. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-5
- Mental health advisors incl. Harvard psychiatrist & founder of 1st U.S. psychedelic therapy clinic. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-6
- Sholder is a Public Benefit Corporation: Doing Well While Doing Good. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-7
- While many talk about "holding space”, we define & certify the Spaceholder™ -- "Sholder" for short. | citation: https://wefunder.com/sholder#claim-fact-8

FAQ:
- Q: Why is Mark Dacy listed as a co-founder if he owns o% of the company?
  A: Hi, Lea. Great question - thanks for asking! Mark is the co-founder of Sholder because he was present at the formation of the company, he developed our training and community of providers (sholders), and he has made many sacrifices to build the company into what it is today. When we filed the Form C for this crowdfund, his founder shares had not yet been issued. That process is underway now. In addition to his founder shares, Mark has also earned RSUs and holds investments in the company whic...
- Q: 1. Do you match people on both sides by some kind of characteristic, interest, background (inc. professional), etc. survey to help establish relatability and shared context? 2. How do you differentiate your services from professional coaches? 3. Given that you've created a ser...
  A: Thanks for these great questions, Christopher! 1 - Yes, we do. The first step for every new user is a call with a Sholder Coordinator. On this confidential 15 minute call, we connect with the sharer (user), understand more about them, explain our service and process, and then hand-match them with a sholder based on several dimensions and schedule their first session. 2 - The Sholder™ Method was developed with inputs from multiple models and includes certain aspects that are similar to coachin...
- Q: Hi Rett & Sholder Team! I’m Dan and I’m a founder at Doriot Venture Club (ventureclub.beehiiv.com) – an investing community with 230+ active RegCF investors. We’re doing a deep dive on Sholder and are interested in investing. Would you be open to having a 30-minute discuss...
  A: Sent you an email. Let's chat.
- Q: Hi Rett, congrats on all your progress and the recent Techstars selection! Following up with some questions on behalf of my investing community, Doriot Venture Club (ventureclub.beehiiv.com). Thanks in advance for your responses. 1) Your campaign shows your revenue streams as ...
  A: Hi Dan. Thanks re: Techstars, and I appreciate the patience in my response. Happy to share more here. 1. The $997 price is used for corporate training sales and full price consumers seeking personal growth and skills development. We currently discount the $997 training fee for anyone seeking to become qualified as providers on the platform, and we plan to offer the ability to "pay with future (platform) earnings". Regarding employee benefits, we bill as a standard monthly fee (or PEPM) plus p...